Improved device foe hitching hoeses



I @uitrit tstrs germi @frn IMPEOVED DEVICE FOB. HITGHING HORSES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, WESLEY G. WARD, of the county of Steuben, und the State of-New York, haveiuvcntod a. new and improved Apparatus for Hitching Horses; and I do hereby declare that the following is o full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the suine, reference being had tothe annexed drewings, innking a. part of this specification, in whieh i Figure l is a. perspective view, showing the apparatus in use or in Working position.

Figure 2 represents the two ports detaehed'and the manner of connecting them.

Similar letters of reference indient-e like ports.: l

The nature ol' my invention consists in the 'cohstruotion and use of :in apparut-us for bitching and unhitch ing horses or other animals more expeditiously and safely than by the ordinary method, by means of a. pair of jews so errang-ed that the tension of the halter or Cord increases the security of the attachment. It may also be used for bitching clotheslines yand for jother similar purposes.

To enable others to make und use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct my invention of east iron orother suitable metallic substance, and on the principle of theoommon pineers, with one of the handles secured to the manger or to the required position. The ends ofthe handles A und B are flattened :incl made wider than] the other parts, for holes of suicient diameter for the halter or cord to poss through. In the stationary handle B, I make a slot, D, as represent-ed in fig. 9;, of the width of the halter. Over seid slot `I make. :t bridge, E, which extends above thejoint F, and is at aright angle with the handle or plate B, thus making the correspondingjaw to that on the handle A. The tivo handles A and Il i ure connected by means of a hinged joint, F, which is placed ut the proper 'distance from where the juris meot to give the requisite leverage to prevent the halter or cord from slipping. The holes H H in the end of the handles are 'made to correspond, so that when the `halter G passes through und enters between the jaws its tension will close them, :1s represented in fig. l. In this manner the operation of hitching a. horse or securing the end of a. cord is accomplished by merely slipping the end of the halter through the holes in the end of the handles and opening the jews suiieiently tu receive it, when, by drawing slightly upon it, it will be secure. The operation of' detaching is equully simple and expeditious` Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the handles A. and B with the holes H H and the bridgeE, all being oonstruoteda'nd arranged substantially es and for the purposes set forth.

Witnesses:

F. A. Dumme, T. F. MCDONALD.

WESLEY G. WARD. 

